Wibaux back to 8-Man

At its regularly conducted meeting earlier this month, the Montana High School Association announced several notable reclassifications.

The Westby/Grenora football program will move from 8-Man to 6-Man next year. The Wibaux football program will move from 6-Man to 8-Man, and the Joliet football program will move from 8-Man to Class B.

The MHSA also announced that due to a number of appeals in Class B, 8-Man and 6-Man football, the board will review and take action on realignment proposals for divisions in January.

The above noted reclassifications will certainly change the makeup of the Eastern 8 Player Division, which CCHS currently competes in. It is quite likely that the Bulldogs' longtime football rivalry with the Wibaux Longhorns will be renewed in 2023.

The board also announced that the site for the inaugural state high school baseball tournament will be held in Butte. That tournament is scheduled to take place in the spring of 2023, which is the first year for baseball as a sanctioned sports in Montana.

Realignments were also announced for Southern C and Eastern C for basketball and track and field.

Reed Point-Rapelje will move from 6C to 5C and Forsyth from 4C to 5C, but only if Park City moves to Class B.

In Eastern C, District 2 will be comprised of Bainville, Brockton, Culbertson, Froid-Lake, Plentywood, Richey-Lambert, Savage and Westby-Grenora. District 3 will be Circle, Dodson, Frazer, Lustre Christian, Nashua, Saco-Whitewater-Hinsdale and Scobey-Opheim.

The board also changed qualifying procedures for Southern C divisional track and field. The top two qualifiers plus the next four best marks from Districts 4C, 5C and 6C will earn divisional berths.